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Photo: IANSAssam Floods: Death Toll Reaches 31 as 21 Die in 24 Hours; Over 5.6 Lakh Affected
Guwahati: Twenty-one more people lost their lives and nearly 5.65 lakh were affected by floods in Assam, with incessant rain across several districts deteriorating the overall situation on Wednesday, officials said. With these fatalities, the total number of deaths in this year’s floods has increased to 31. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited several flood-affected…
Photo: PTIAssam Flood Death Toll Rises to 11 as Over 3.1 Lakh Remain Affected
Guwahati: The toll in the Assam floods increased to 11, with one more fatality reported on Tuesday, even as over 3.10 lakh people remained affected by the deluge in 11 districts, officials said. Several major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, Dikhow, Desang and Dhansiri, were flowing above the danger level in different parts of the state,…
Photo: AI imageChild Trafficking Case: One-Month-Old Baby Boy Rescued in Telangana
A one-month-old baby boy, who was allegedly sold by his parents for Rs 1 lakh in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana, has been rescued, and a case was registered against two persons in this connection, police said on Monday. The incident happened in Telugugudem village in the district, and based on the complaint of an Integrated…
5 killed in car-truck collision on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Wardha
Wardha: Five persons were killed in a collision between a car and a truck on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra’s Wardha district early on Monday, police said. The accident occurred at around 3 a.m. near Virul village, disrupting traffic movement on the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway. A container truck carrying ethanol overturned near an interchange (IC…
Photo: X/@SkyrootAVikram-1: India’s first private orbital rocket launched into space by Skyroot
India’s first private orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1, carrying multiple technology demonstration payloads and a postcard from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, lifted off from this spaceport on Saturday. Mission Aagaman: A historic milestone for India’s private space sector Named “Mission Aagaman” (arrival), the test flight’s launch marks a historic milestone for the country’s commercial space sector…
Photo: AI imageAntibiotic resistance emerging as major threat to surgical care: Experts
The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance is making even routine surgical procedures more challenging, with surgeons warning that the loss of effective antibiotics could undermine decades of progress in safe surgery and increase the risk of life-threatening post-operative infections. Surgeons say that while antibiotics remain critical in preventing surgical site infections, their indiscriminate use has…
Photo: AI imageFresh Assets Worth ₹1,021 Crore Attached in Reliance Anil Ambani Group Investigation
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has issued a fresh order to attach assets worth Rs 1,021 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against the Reliance Anil Ambani Group. The provisional order, issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attaches equity shares of Reliance Power held by…
Photo: IANSWayanad landslide: One more body found; toll rises to 7, one person still missing
Wayanad: One more body was retrieved from the Wayanad landslide site on Friday, taking the total number of persons killed in the disaster to seven, district officials said. The recovered body was identified as that of Rakesh Guchait, a surveyor from West Bengal, the officials said. They said that his body was retrieved from near…
Inside Meta’s Security Play: Tech Giant Pledges Deeper AI Investment to Purge Exploitative Content
Just days after the government issued it a notice, Meta on Tuesday outlined its efforts to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) across its apps, highlighting AI-powered detection and large-scale enforcement actions, as the social media giant promised to continue investing in technology and resources to keep young people safe and strengthen its ad review…
Photo: Xinhua21 who died in landslide in northwest China were forestry workers
Beijing: A landslide buried and killed 21 forestry workers walking through a remote valley in the mountains of northwestern China, state media reported Wednesday after rescue operations ended. Twelve others survived, seven with minor injuries, state broadcaster CCTV said. The team was heading out to clear and maintain forest land when the landslide struck shortly…
